576 THE GARDENER. [Dec. 1869. 



Accacia Platiptera is the name of the plant sent us by a correspondent, whose 

 initials we have forgotten ; it is a very pretty plant when well grown. 



Northumbrian. — Place your Dahlia roots in a dry cellar, where frost cannot 

 enter, and cover them over with dry sand or ashes, and they will keep perfectly 

 well ; but see that they have not had a touch of frost before you store them. 



St Austill. — Dr Hogg is a first-rate Strawberry, somewhat resembling the 

 British Queen in shape, size, and flavour ; you cannot grow a more useful variety. 



A Grape-Grower. — The price you are getting for your Grapes is small, but 

 they have been a drug in the market this season. Cut the mouldy berries out of 

 the bunches as they appear ; keep a little fire on the house, and give air in fine 

 weather, and sell them as quick as you can, no matter how small the price, for 

 you will lose them all unless you do so. You would probably get more for them 

 in London than in Edinburgh, if they were fresh and good, but the distance they 

 would have to travel is against them, seeing they are not very fresh. 



J. W. — If you have a single white scale in your Pine-pit, you will find that 

 the whole plants will soon get overrun with them, and we know of nothing that 

 will destroy it that will not at the same time destroy the plants. It is an insecb 

 to be dreaded amongst Pines. If the nurseryman you bought them from warrant- 

 ed them clean, and free from scale, we should consider him liable for your loss, 

 though he in his turn may have been deceived by some one else. We always like 

 to know where Pines come from before we purchase them. 



S. L. — Royal George, Bellegarde, Violet Hatise, and Stirling Castle, are good 

 forcing Peaches. We never publicly name tradesmen : you must see it would be 

 invidious to do so. Any good nurseryman will procure the trees for you, if he has 

 not got them in his own stock. 



CucuMUS. — There are several sorts of Cucumbers that force well in winter. 

 We prefer Telegraph to any we know. 



A. M'K. — Mildew in Vines has been very common this year, but not nearly so 

 much so as it was some twenty years ago. Wash your rods well with soap and 

 tepid water after removing the loose bark, then paint them all over with a mix- 

 ture of sulphur, soot, tobacco-water, and a little clay to give the whole the con- 

 sistency of paint, 



Mary. — There is a deep-blue Viola suitable for bedding purposes in the market 

 about London. It will probably be advertised in our pages ere long. It would 

 suit your purpose. You will find it referred to by our London Correspondent at 

 p. 514 of last month's ' Gardener ' under the name of Viola perfection. 



Tan Hall, Bridge of Weir, 23(Z October. 



TO THE editor OF THE GARDENER. 



Sir, — I would be greatly gratified if any of your readers could give me informa- 

 tion, through the medium of the ' Gardener,' about Strawberry, var. Filbert 

 Pine ; also, whether an early or late variety. — Yours respectfully, D. M, 



Having built a frame last month, and fearing the mortar would not dry quickly 

 at so late a season, I got the inside of it plastered over with gas-tar, and have been 

 since told that any flowers I put into it will die. Could you, or any subscriber, 

 kindly tell me if such would be their fate. The tar was put on thinly, but has a 

 very strong smell. A. M. A. 



November 4, 1869. 



[Will any correspondent give their experience of such a case ? We think the 

 tar will kill the plants Ed.] 



